Dietlikon, 16 July 2013 – Implenia was recently asked by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to build a new bridge at Heggedal station near Oslo. The project is worth around CHF 23 million and consists of a bridge over the rail tracks, a new 800 metre stretch of road, a 50 meter pedestrian and bicycle bridge with a 130 meter access ramp and a 220 metre long supporting […]

Hypex-Bio is the first sustainable explosive to be used in a Swiss tunnel construction project. This revolutionary technology eliminates the environmental impact associated with conventional methods. The double-track expansion project between Ligerz and Twann on the Jura south foot line - one of the major projects currently being carried out by SBB - aims to eliminate the last […]

Dietlikon, 9 October 2015 – Implenia notes that Zurich District Court has in the first instance rejected Implenia’s claim for around CHF 23 million in the case about outstanding payments for subsequent alterations requested during the building of the Letzigrund Stadium. An initial assessment suggests that the Court’s reasoning fails to engage with Implenia’s arguments. […]

Dietlikon, 3 December 2015 – In the case about outstanding payments for construction of the Hardau car park, Zurich’s High Court ruled in favour of Implenia in March 2015 and ordered the City of Zurich to pay around CHF 250,000. Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court has now made a final decision that the City of Zurich must pay for the changes it made to its order for the the […]

Dietlikon, 3 February 2016 – There has been a change on Implenia’s Board of Directors: Hubert Achermann, who has been a Member of the Board since 2013 and who took over as its Chairman in March 2015 has resigned from the Board with immediate effect. Hubert Achermann has decided to step down because of the demands of his other mandates. Implenia’s Board of Directors would like […]

Together with its partners DSD Brückenbau and Stahlbau Niesky, Implenia has been awarded the contract for the new Elbe bridge in Wittenberge by DEGES Deutsche Einheit Fernstraßenplanungs- und -bau GmbH. The bridge is part of the new federal motorway section of the A14, the continuation of which is currently being carried out in the federal states of Brandenburg and […]

Dietlikon, 19 April 2013 – Grain has been milled on Zurich’s Sihlquai for 170 years. Swissmill currently processes around 30 percent of the cereal needed for food in Switzerland there. The Kornhaus, one of four Swissmill grain silos in Zurich, is now being made 80 metres taller so that the company can maintain its capacities following the closure of a silo in Basel. Coop, the […]

The system in Niederfinow resembles a giant elevator. In the new boat lift, ships of up to 110 m in length are lifted and lowered in order to overcome the 36 metre change in elevation in the Havel-Oder Canal. Compared to the old system (built in 1934 and still in place to this day), the new lifting station enables much larger ships to pass through the canal on the waterway […]